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Follow RT on Jonny Tickle Russia is the world’s final bastion of freedom. That’s according to the State Duma speaker, who pointed to the decline of leftist politics in the US and the restrictions on Russian-language media in the Baltics and Ukraine.
“Democracy is a procedure, with norms and rules,” Vyacheslav Volodin said, speaking to parliament on Wednesday.
“Do you see what is happening in the United States? The country is dying. They canceled everything.”
“Where is their labor movement? Where is the socialist party? Where is the once strong Communist party? No. Just like in Ukraine, there is no free media. All the opposition media has been shut down.”
Russian Rossiya-RTR Channel No Longer Available on Latvia s Cable TV Mon 15th February 2021 | 06:20 AM
RIGA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th February, 2021) Latvia s ban of the Russian RTR-Planeta (Rossiya-RTR) tv channel has come into force and it is no longer available on cable TV in the country, a Sputnik correspondent reports.
A message pops up on screen when RTR-Planeta is selected on the Riga Balticom cable TV provider. By the decision of the National Electronic Mass Media Council, the rebroadcast of Rossiya RTR in Latvia was suspended for 1 year. From 16.02.2021 it will be replaced by the 1+2 TV channel, the message reads.
OREANDA-NEWS. The Latvian National Council for Electronic Media (NEPLP) on Tuesday banned the retransmission of 16 more Russian-language TV channels in the country, including REN TV Baltic and NTV Mir Baltic. This decision was announced on Twitter by the chairman of the council Ivars Abolins.
The ban was imposed on the channels REN TV Baltic, NTV Mir Baltic, Karusel International, NTV Serial, NTV Style, NTV Pravo, Kinomiks, Nashe Novoe Kino, Rodnoe Kino, Indian Kino , Kinokomediya , Kinoseriya , KVN TV , Kitchen TV , Box TV , HD Life.
Explaining the move to ban Russian TV channels again, Abolins wrote: In order to protect the Latvian information space, NEPLP will be strengthened to check all programs in the register of relayed programs and if it detects similar cases, it will act accordingly.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 11:00:05 AM
Latvia has banned the rebroadcasting of 16 Russian channels, including REN TV Baltic, NTV Mir Baltic, Karusel International, NTV Serial, NTV Style, NTV Right, Kinomix, Our New Cinema, Native Cinema, Cinema Comedy, Cinema, KVN TV, Kitchen TV, Box TV and HD Life.
The newspaper Delfi reports, citing the chairman of the National Council of Electronic Media (NEPLP) Ivars Abolins, that the council had not found an official representative of these channels in Latvia who could agree to their distribution.
The previous representative, Tem LV, said that, since February 1, the company has not been eligible for broadcasting these channels. Tem LV is part of Baltijas Mediju Alianse, whose beneficiary has been accused of violating international sanctions.